Emergency Department Visits by Patients with Mental Health Disorders North Carolina, 20082010
June 14, 2013
Authors Anne M. Hakenewerth, Ph.D.; Judith E. Tintinalli, M.D.; Anna E. Waller, Sc.D.; Amy Ising, MSIS; and Tracy DeSelm, M.D., reviewed emergency department visit data from the North Carolina Disease Event Tracking and Epidemiological Collection Tool (NC DETECT), a population- based, statewide public health surveillance system that contains emergency department (ED) visit data for 99% of all ED visits in the state between 2008 and 2010. NC DETECT captures up to 11 diagnostic codes for each ED visit. Visits identified as due to a mental health disorder had a mental health code as . . .
